The old veteran further stated that he was then on his way to obtain certificates for a pension.

At the Four Corners, Thaddeus Kosciusko also fixed his headquarters, when the American army lay encamped in this vicinity.'* From Samuel Young the Corners passed to Isaac van Wart, one of the captors of Andre, who exchanged the original farm granted by the State for this property. It is at present owned by his son, the Rev. Sandy van Wart.

In the south-east corner of this town is situated, upon lands of William Fowler, a gloomy cavern, commonly called Kettle Hole, near the mouth of which rises a mineral spring.

The settlement of the upper corners is situated three miles north of the lower. Here stands the well known tavern of Isaac Twitchings, whose name has conferred on the place the appellation of Twitching's Corners. During one period of the Revolution, a Continental picket guard was stationed here.

On the 30th of August, 1779, Captain Hopkins, of Moylan's light dragoons, together with a small detachment from Sheldon's horse, proceeded from their quarters in North Castle, to the vicinity of the upper cross roads ; here they ascertained that Colonel Emmerick was advancing by way of White Plains. Emmerick himself having received similar information of Hopkin's advance, had previously dispatched Colonel Baremore, with a strong body of De Lancey's cavalry, directing them to proceed by the way of Davis's brook, east of the upper cross roads. Hopkins pursued another route, inclining west of Twitchings', passing the residences of Mr. Avery and Colonel Hammond, where he posted a strong detachment of light dragoons, under the command of Cornet Pike, (afterwards General Pike) south of the Tarrytown road. He then proceeded with the rest of his detachment, to meet Emmerick in person. He soon perceived the enemy advancing with a small body of cavalry.